Froglet

I get that - we have 3 positive staff members and various positive children at the moment. The stress is ensuring that we have adequate staffing and are within ratio in nursery. Our challenge being partly that whilst the non-nursery classes have no ratio other than 1:30 we all have children who really need 1:1 support in all of them! Sunnyday - I'm sorry you've had a wobble but perfectly understandable, especially if you've started clearing paperwork. I'm sure it will pass in time. I understand you not wanting to make a regular commitment to hearing readers weekly etc. but what about offering your support at those times of year when you know an extra pair of hands will be gladly appreciated e.g. when making Christmas/mothers/fathers day/Easter cards or on the school sports day. Or for crowd control during the nativity. All of that pending covid circumstances of course but I know I would love that kind of offer! My week has not exactly been peaceful but I do feel that there is a slight light at the end of the tunnel plus my headteacher has promised no more changes until after half-term! I had a couple of high points yesterday - I got one of my SEND children to sit through an assembly with minimal disruption to the others. Then one of the other SEND children did a great piece of work; I wanted to take a picture of him to show mummy and he let me - he normally never knowingly has his photo taken! I was so chuffed. Today I have had a much needed lie in and am having a slow paced day. I've made some 'fat rascals' to have with a cup of tea and am planning a short nap but following that really want to get school work sorted today. Wish me luck.

Hello all, Glad to hear about the good inspection! Panders - hope all goes smoothly for your grandaughter - sending lots of positive thoughts! Friday was the end to a busy week (another one!) although I think my team might be beginning to see our way out of the very complicated planning situation we have at the moment. We have a lot of 'challenging' children in our classes this year which is wearing everyone out - being patient all the time is tiring! Yesterday was just a bit of cleaning, dealing with an epic mountain of washing up and actually eating proper food for the first time in a week. I have a bit of a cold and am a bit wheezy but am negative on the LFT front so fingers crossed it stays that way. Today is all about planning and school work.